Pours a honey color with a one finger head that recedes to a cap and leaves a spotty, but ample lacing.

Aroma is of malt up front with a sweet and bready aroma. Malt is actually well represented in the aroma.

Flavor is malty sweet on the front, with a smallish hop back. There is a good amount of diacetyl flavor there. Hops in the middle give a bittering presence but that's about it, there is not depth to the hops. Finishes dry and bitter with little depth of flavor.

Mouthfeel is medium, carbonation is adequate and the drinkability factor is good to high.

A: Cloudy and orange in color, about a 1/2 a finger of head with little lacing.

S: Nice balance of malt and hops... very pleasant...

T: I'm getting the hops right upfront with a nice malty finish. The bottle says IPA, but this is not a hoppy as any IPA I've had. I think the BA style is more correct English India Pale Ale. The aftertaste is slightly sweet with a little hops bitterness.

M: Light to Med bodied with the perfect amount of carbonation. Full enough to be there but to full to be refreshing...

D: I could have a few of these with no problem... Pretty good ABV.

I got this thinking it was a IPA, but got a nice surprise... I'm not a big IPA fan, but I'm trying to learn to love it... I'm finding English IPA is more up my alley... It's a decent brew, I'll keep an eye out for this one.

12 ounce bottle poured into a pint glass. Dark, amber-tinged gold with some chill haze and a modest light-beige head that quickly dwindles to a nebulous froth. Smells like an ESB, not an IPA. Earthy, bready, English malts and no hops to be found anywhere. Flavor is much the same. Tastes like Shipyard spiced this beer with bark and random leaves instead of hops. Solid bitterness and decent malt presence, but no appreciable hop flavor. Tannic and dry finish, overcarbonated. What on earth were they thinking?

Bottle: Poured a clear bright orangey color ale with a large pure white foamy head with good retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of dry hops with nice notes of floral aromas also noticeable. Taste is also dominated by some dry English hops with nice floral aromas with light caramel malt backbone. Body is about average with good carbonation. Very well done with great usage of Fuggles hops.

Pours a hazy orange with a bountiful off white, beige head that has average lasting power.
Smell - fruity esters,citrus/orange aroma are most prominent. Also get some bready malts.
Taste is malty, dry along with a bitter after taste ane with hints of butterscotch.
Better than most but just a tad above the average IPA.

this IPA pours nicely..has the amber color of an ipa good head and lacing... downhill from this the smell is of kerosene i dont know what else i detect faint hops some malt.. the taste is just as bad no floral citrus no herb/hop just an old smelly/tastng beer that you stole from your dad when you were 16 .. this is the worse IPA Ive reviewed ..thank god i bought a single.. its a drainer dont try this one

Appearance: Poured a golden/brown amber, with a one finger off-white head. Diminishes to a thin layer pretty quickly. Just a tick off clear, with a little visible carbonation. No lacing.

Smell: Smells of toasted malts and fruity like hops, but with a strange balance. Very earty, with almost a dirt like smell. Little bit of apple in there as well. Almost hints of pilsner malts as well.

Taste: Has a good bit of malts in the flavor with some hops, but not enough to balance out. The malts tend to linger for a bit. The hops actually are quite weak and lead to an overall bland taste. A buttery taste lingers near the end of the glass. I will say that it is more true to style then others I have had. Very average though.

Mouthfeel: Decent. Some bite up front, but pretty thin overall. Can't tell if the bite is from carbonation or something else. Moderately filling.

Drinkability: Very average for an English IPA, but it is true to style. The taste, malts and hops, are both just average and neither are strong enough. Not a bad beer, but not something I would try again.

Pours a slightly hazy amber/gold with a good 2-finger width head on top. Retention is firm, and lacing is decent. Nice sticky globs on glass edge. Smells of malt with a hint of piney hops. Fresh breads scent in there as well.

Nice mellow smoothness characterizes this one well. Crisp, yet smooth enough to sip enjoyably. Well-balanced as an English IPA should be. Hops are there, but they are not in your face. Decent amount of bitterness, but enough malty sweetness to balance this perfectly. I wasn't expecting much from this brew, but I was pleasantly surprised. Recommend.

A - Slightly hazy light amber with an orangish tint. A little more than 2 fingers of white head rise up quickly. Retention is decent before falling to a thick cap. Decent lacing.

S - Immediately there is a rush of tangerine and dirt. Not quite citrus, more like orange candy with a slap of sweet tangerine juice. The earthiness goes in and out and it smells pretty much like dirt. A buttery, almost salty aroma is present on the back end as well.

T - Quite similar to the nose. Early on the tangerine flavor is very prevalent with a hint of something plastic-like, almost rubbery. Strange, but not wholly unpleasant. A sweetness accompanies the tangerine but by mid palate the fruit is fading and the brew is drying out. Mild earthy notes mingle with the plastic flavor. Late palate reveals a touch of what I can best describe as buttered popcorn. A hard, pith-like bitterness wraps things up leaving lingering earthiness and bitter citrus peel.

M - Right on the edge of light and medium bodied. Though it seems thin, the ample/high carbonation provides a nice level of crispness. Ultimately I think the lighter, crisper approach of this brew works fairly well.

D - Unique and refreshing, this is still a bit of a challenge to drink. I can't say that I'm well versed in English IPAs, so I'm sure this has something to do with it. However, I wouldn't want another immediately but this is an interesting example of what IPAs can be without the traditional American hops being used.

Pours a clear orange color, small head with okay retention. Leaves a layer of foam on top and there is a good amount of carbonation visible.

Smells fine, albeit mild for an IPA.

Taste is fine..again, mild like the aroma. The hops come in the finish. Dry taste as well

Mouthfeel is light and goes down well

Drinkability is good. Tastes fine (I guess the mildness helps out, even though I do like the West Coast IPA's which are much more pronounced with hops). This is an IPA for someone who doesn't really like IPA's that much. A good start for someone like that as well.

Interesting brew. I noted the "Fuggles" IPA label on the front. Poured out with a nice head. Nothing too impressive. As I licked the brim of the bottle to get the last drop, the pungent smell hit me from the bottle. The smell reminded me a lot of the Saaz hops found in a lot of pilseners. Very dry taste, which was unexpected, because between the dark color and the IPA label, didn't think it'd have that European lager taste to it. But alas, ENGLISH IPA. So there was that dry finish. And as for that hop flavor, to borrow a word from one of the Bros: eggy. Odd to classify something that, but it had a very dull, yolky taste.

I'd say, you could pass on this IPA if you're a real fan of American IPAs. But if you know you're a fan of that Saaz hops, dry pilseners flavors, but borderline that American boldness, give this a try. Personally, I'd pass next time.

Juicy, malty profile upfront. Butterscotch note in the middle with an earthy, floral hop finish. Slight astringent flavor on the palate in the aftertaste.

I was hoping for something a bit more, seeing the label advertises the use of Fuggles hops. While Fuggles isn't necessarily a hop head's first choice in adding flavor, and also while this is a "true to style" choice of hop for an English IPA...it doesn't present the character I was anticipating. It's not bad by any means, but it isn't anything special either.

I might try this again on tap if I saw it. It would make for a nice beer to enjoy at a ballpark with a loaded hot dog.

Pours a slightly hazy copper with a medium off-white head. Retention and lacing are what one would expect from an IPA. Aromas of fruity dishsoap are the first things to hit the nose, followed by a slightly grassy malt backing. Kind of bizarre and not very appealing. The taste is also unique, but in a more pleasant way, at least at first. Grassy, grainy malt character is balanced by faint hop bitterness. It's nice until the finish, where the dishsoap returns to coat the mouth and throat. Flavorful, yet slightly offensive.